OC Sheriff’s Office arrests Three Teenagers for Larceny

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested three teenagers Thursday on charges related to two separate larcenies, says Public Information Officer Jimmy Watt. “19-year-old Tyler Gage Cox and 17-year-old Anthony Robert Owens of Westminster and 17-year-old Albert Dakota Oyster-McIntyre of Walhalla were booked into the Oconee County Detention Center around 5:55pm, 7:24pm and 9:34pm respectively. All three teens have been charged each with one count each of grand larceny in an incident at an address on Berry Farm Road near Westminster that was reported to the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office on July 29. A deputy from the Uniform Patrol Division responded to the listed location in reference to a stolen vehicle and a larceny. According to the arrest warrants obtained by investigators with the Criminal Investigations Division, the teens are accused of taking three chainsaws and a red 2007 Honda 150 Racer dirt bike sometime between July 28-29. The total value of the items taken is around $5,250. Cox and Oyster-McIntyre are also charged with one count each of petit larceny in a larceny incident that was reported to the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office on July 31 in which a chainsaw was taken from a residence on Laws Lane in Westminster. The value of the chainsaw is around $620. The chainsaw was taken sometime between July 30-31. Cox was also arrested on an outstanding Magistrates Bench Warrant.” All three teens remain in custody at the Oconee County Detention Center awaiting bond hearings. The charge of grand larceny is a felony that carries a penalty of not more than 10 years in prison. The charge of petit larceny is misdemeanor that carries a penalty of not more than 30 days in jail or a fine of not more than $1,000.